BC Book Prizes

Thank You to Our Silent Auction Donors

The BC Book Prizes On Tour would not be possible without support from the community.  Proceeds from the BC Book Prizes Soirée and Silent Auction help fund the tour, bringing finalist authors to several communities throughout BC to promote youth literacy and the development of the literary arts.  Thank you to the following companies and organizations who donated to the BC Book Prizes Silent Auction this year:

• Basketball BC
• MusicFest
• Or Gallery
• Vancouver International Childrens Festival
• Steamworks Brewing Company
• Subeez Café Restaurant Bar
• Listel Hotel
• Festival Cinemas
• Caffè Artigiano
• Bard on the Beach
• The Wickaninnish Inn Tofino Hotel
• Stanley Park Horse-Drawn Tours
• Tradewind Books
• Rockford Wok Bar Grill
• The Watermark Beach Resort
• Harbour Cruises Ltd
• Ricky’s Restaurants
• Nuba
• Dance Vancouver
• Chemainus Theatre Festival
• Big Bus Tours
• Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden
• Gallery Gachet’s Youngshin Lee
• DOXA Documentary Film Festival
• Michael’s Fine Photography Ltd
• Bellagio Café

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Charles Demers to host 28th Annual Gala

This year’s Lieutenant Governor’s BC Book Prizes Gala will be hosted by comedian, humourist and author Charles Demers.

In addition to having performed at the Just For Laughs festival and as a regular guest on CBC’s The Debaters and This is That, Demers is the author of the books The Prescription Errors and Vancouver Special, the latter of which was shortlisted for the Hubert Evans BC Book Prize for Non-Fiction. He is a former co-host of The Citynews List, a nightly comedy television newspanel show, and has written and performed comedy for TV, stage, radio and web.

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Brian Brett named recipient of the 9th annual Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence

The West Coast Book Prize Society is proud to recognize Brian Brett as the recipient of the 9th annual Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence!

British Columbia’s Lieutenant Governor, the Honourable Steven Point, will present the award at the Lieutenant Governor’s BC Book Prizes Gala to be held at The Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema at SFU Woodwards, Goldcorp Centre for the Arts on Saturday, May 12, 2012 in Vancouver. The event will be hosted by author, activist, and comedian Charles Demers.

This prize was established in 2003 by former Lieutenant Governor, the Honourable Iona Campagnolo, to recognize British Columbia writers who have contributed to the development of literary excellence in the province. The recipient receives a cash award of $5,000.00 and a commemorative certificate. The 2011 recipient was George Bowering.

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